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PHP is a serious contender for "best bet" for developing robust web applications on the IBM i, but how much do we know about it? Or, more appropriately, how much do you know about it?

Written by David Shirey

This is going to be the start of a series, a series on PHP. And that certainly seems appropriate as PHP is one of a number of ways to do web applications from the i. And from my point of view, it's one of the best ways. But unfortunately, it still remains pretty much one of the best-kept secrets in the i world for many of us.

When implemented appropriately, data governance is a powerful framework.

Written by Inderpal Bhandari

Since 2006, I have created the role of Chief Data Officer thrice in different healthcare organizations. My role expanded in scope over time, in keeping with the trend of increasing importance of data to a business. I went from the leader of a functional unit to the general manager of a business unit and then to a member of the CEO's senior leadership team. I had to reinvent the CDO role at each transition to reflect the expanded scope. But one aspect remained constant: Every time, I had to implement a data governance program.

The latest standard for Cascading Style Sheets can be implemented with helpful development tools to create IBM i web applications that run well on multiple devices.

Written by Nick Hampson

Have you started using CSS3 for your mobile apps? CSS3 lets you create modern, adaptable web applications, eliminating the requirement of dealing individually with the breadth of devices under the mobile umbrella. Along with HTML5 and JavaScript, CSS3 allows for clean separation of document content from document presentation and interactivity. HTML5 contains your content and includes links to CSS3 for presentation and formatting, while JavaScript provides the interactive logic.

One of the trickiest metrics for any IBM i partition is performance of web workloads. Luckily, there's an app for that.

Written by Steve Pitcher

Over the last few years, IBM has been pumping more and more features into IBM Navigator for i, the strategic systems management utility for IBM i. Performance analysis is one area that has been given extensive focus with Performance Data Investigator. You might launch a web service but not know how to analyze performance, let alone know where to tune it. Hidden away in the IBM Web Administration utility since V5R3 is a great little tool called Web Performance Advisor.

Data security, while always a business concern, rose to critical prominence after 2012. The year was a record-breaker in both size and scope of breaches; there were massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against financial institutions, not to mention the shocking incident at the South Carolina Internal Revenue Service, a breach that spanned several months and resulted in 44 systems being compromised.

Arxan Application Protection for IBM Solutions enables you to innovate with confidence by helping shield mobile applications from hacking attacks and malware.

Arxan Cryptographic Key Protection Add-On for IBM Solutions provides an additional capability to help protect the cryptographic keys within a mobile application that enable secure communications from being compromised.

Your applications deserve more than just a new look! Change the perception of the IBM i as “old” with modern development tips from IBM and Profound Logic Software.Watch as Barbara Morris, Brian May and Alex Roytman dive beneath the GUI surface to show the benefits of:

Working with free-format RPG in IBM i TR7

Breaking free from “The Cycle” of traditional RPG development

Going beyond the 10 character limit in display and database files

And more!

You'll also see a live demonstration of these techniques as the presenters create a modern web application before your eyes!

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